Little Big Shots is a company formed in 1990 by owner Albert Knoblach. The company is a typical story of a hobby that eventually becomes a business. Although in either instance, it is the owner's passion. It all started out by purchasing a handful of display shells from a local firework manufacturing company and doing a display on his parent's farm. From this first rag-tag show and a lot of hard work, the Little Big Shots has grown into an established display company, a retail store of consumer fireworks and a highly regarded manufacturer of display shells and salutes. Although the retail store and displays are integral parts of Little Big Shots, the manufacturing of professional fireworks is the mainstay of the operation. Specializing in salutes (the noise you hear in a professional display), lampares (the only manufacturer in the US) and custom manufactured ball shells (one to four color changing); Little Big Shots has been committed to producing the highest quality display shells available. As was once quoted to Albert during his journey of self-taught pyrotechnic adventure, "A firework shell is the only art that you have to destroy to enjoy". Regardless if it is a three-inch magnum salute or a twelve-inch willow diadem to magenta to silver twinkler ball shell, the Little Big Shots strives to produce each shell so it is the "art" of your particular use. Peruse this website, link to the available videos and feel free to contact us with any and all questions you have about our products or fireworks in general.

Just this past year Albert, the owner of Little Big Shots, attended the PGI convention in 2009 where he entered various categories of competition utilizing off the shelf stars that were used in shells shipped to customers throughout the summer. Among those he received second place in Best Medium Large Ball Shell with a six inch, willow to tangerine color shell. Albert also won Best Exhibition Ball Shell with a ten inch shell. The Spider web to violet to gold strobe with a ruby red pistil with rising effects was the smallest entered in that category; however, it score higher than all other shells up to twenty four inches. The shell scored 8.24 out of a possible 10 and was the highest scoring device of all that were entered that week. Additionally it was only one of two devices scoring above an 8 in the entire competition. A video of that shell can be seen on our manufacturing page.

Albert's son, Albert III also entered his first competition shell that he built himself in the Best Medium Ball Shell category and received third place for his efforts.